When Herman Melville, author of the classic Moby Dick, died at the age of 72 in 1891, his obituary was typo-marred and exceedingly short.

At the time of his passing, his last novel The Confidence-Man had been published over three decades prior. Many of the outlets of the time were quick to point this out, and The New York Times’ obituary went even further by misspelling his iconic novel, writing: ‘He was the author of Typee, Omoo Mobie Dick and other sea-faring tales, written in earlier years.’